This volume was amazing, however i am suprised no one of you mentioned Itagaki's victory over Hoshi, that fight was pretty cool. Even though Hoshi seems to be pretty slow if you compare him to someone like Ippo, Itagaki was crazy fast in that fight. Wonder what would happen if Itagaki and Ippo duked it out seriously.

The issue of Ippo and Miyata, i think that it is a great turn in the story, Ippo will have to realize that if he wants to fight Miyata he will have to do it waiting at the top. I think Miyata has figured out who Randy Boy Jr. really is and therefore feels that he is obligated to beat him, even more so than his promise to Ippo. That's why he said no to Ippo.